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    1914–18
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    1919–23
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    • Truce
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    1921–25
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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
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    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
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    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
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Youtube

The Ulster Solemn League and Covenant – BBC Documentary

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Reaction to Home Rule Act Keywords:Tags 16th Irish Division, 36th Ulster Division, Buckingham Palace Conference, Edward Carson, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, James Craig, John Redmond, Liberals, Northern Ireland, Partition, Southern Unionists, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day, Unionism, UVF, Winston Churchill
BBC Youtube

BBC’s: The Story of Ireland – Age of Nations

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, courts martial, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, executions, First World War, Gaelic Revival, Home Rule, internment, IRA, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition, Patrick Pearse, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Ulster Covenant, UVF
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Asquith’s Flawed Irish Compromise

article, 2016
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, Andrew Bonar Law, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, First World War, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, House of Lords, IPP, John Redmond, Liberal Party, Parliament Act, Partition, Ronan Fanning, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, Winston Churchill

Decade of Centenaries timeline

John Redmond has ‘Second Thoughts’ about ‘Home Rule’

political cartoon, October 1913
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Exclusion of Ulster, Home Rule, IPP, John Redmond, Partition, Third Home Rule Bill
UCD History Hub

The Home Rule Party (The Irish Revolution Lecture 2)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, British government, Buckingham Palace Conference, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, House of Lords, Hubert Gough, IPP, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Liberal Party, Lord Landsdowne, Michael Laffan, Nationalists, Parliament Act, Partition, Southern Unionists, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, UVF, Winston Churchill
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Edward Carson

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Major Fred Crawford, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, Ulster Unionist Party, UVF
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Ulster Unionism

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Anglo-Irish treaty, Boundary Commission, British Army, Buckingham Palace Conference, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, Edward Carson, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, James Craig, King George V, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland parliament, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, Ulster Unionist Party, UVF
History Ireland

The search for Statutory Ulster

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article, 2009
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, Buckingham Palace Conference, Curragh Incident, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, James Craig, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Lord Landsdowne, Parliament Act, Partition, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day

PRONI

Resolution passed by UUC accepting six counties partition

document, 12 June 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule, Partition, Ulster Unionist Council, Ulster Unionists, UUC
RTE Century Ireland

Between armed rebellion and democratic revolution: the Irish Question in 1917

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, First World War, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Convention, John Dillon, John Redmond, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, Partition, release of prisoners, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin convention, Thomas Ashe, Unionists

National Portrait Gallery

Edward Carson

Painting & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14, Unionist Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags biography, Edward Carson, First World War, Home Rule, Home Rule opposition, Partition, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, Unionists
Youtube RTE

Why was the Irish Party destroyed in 1918?

video clip, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, 1918 general election, conscription crisis, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Convention, John Redmond, Partition, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionists
Youtube RTE

The Partition of Ireland – How and Why Did it Happen?

video clip, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Alvin Jackson, Edward Carson, Home Rule, John Redmond, Partition, Ulster Unionists
Hansard

Government of Ireland Bill Debate -Joseph Devlin

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debate, 30 March 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Government of Ireland Act, Joseph Devlin, Partition

PRONI

Why I voted for the Six Counties by F.H. Crawford

leaflet, April 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, boundary question, Major Fred Crawford, Partition, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Unionist Council, Ulster Unionists, UUC
Legislation.gov.uk

Government of Ireland Act 1920

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Act, 23 December 1920
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Council of Ireland, Government of Ireland Act, Northern Ireland parliament, Partition, Southern Ireland parliament
History Hub

Diarmaid Ferriter discusses the Anglo Irish Treaty (Full Interview)

video clip, 2020
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish Truce, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Empire, British government, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Document no.2, domain status, Eamon de Valera, external association, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, General Nevil Macready, IRA, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Republicans, Sinn Féin, truce, Winston Churchill
YouTube - RTE

What role did sectarianism play in the creation of Northern Ireland?

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, B-Specials, Dublin Castle, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, sectarianism, Unionists, W. T. Cosgrave
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion – The Anglo-Irish Treaty

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, boundary question, David Lloyd George, dominion status, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, Exclusion of Ulster, IRA, IRB, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, oath of allegiance, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, plenipotentiaries, pre-treaty talks, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Civil War

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Anglo-Irish treaty, anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, assassination, Boundary Commission, British Army, Cathal Brugha, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, executions, Field Marshall Henry Wilson, Four Courts, IRA, Irish Free State, Irregulars, James Craig, Kevin O'Higgins, Liam Lynch, Michael Collins, National Army, oath of allegiance, Partition, pro-treaty forces, Regulars, riots, Rory O'Connor, sectarianism, treaty talks, W. T. Cosgrave
RTE

Peace by Ordeal: How the Treaty was signed

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article, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, David Lloyd George, Diarmaid Ferriter, Eamon de Valera, Erskine Childers, external association, General Jan Smuts, IRA, James Craig, Lord Birkenhead, Michael Collins, negotiations, Partition, plenipotentiaries, Robert Barton, Sinn Féin, Winston Churchill
YouTube - RTE

Anglo-Irish Treaty signed 100 years ago today

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, Eamon Duggan, external association, George Gavan Duffy, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Michael Collins, Partition, Robert Barton, treaty talks

National Portrait Gallery

The Mad Bull (James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon; Michael Collins)

cartoon, 15 February 1922
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags boundary question, IRA, Irish Free State, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition

PRONI

North-Eastern Boundary Bureau: Weekly Bulletin

leaflet, January 1923
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Boundary Commission, Derry, gerrymandering, North Eastern Boundary Bureau, Northern Ireland parliament, Partition

PRONI

Letter from UUC re. NE Boundary Bureau

letter, 4 January 1923
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags North Eastern Boundary Bureau, Northern Ireland government, Partition, UUC
History Ireland

The emergence of the ‘Two Irelands’, 1912–25

Article, 2004
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Edward Carson, Home Rule, Irish Civil War, James Craig, Nationalists, Partition, Unionists
YouTube - RTE

Violence and the Birth of Northern Ireland

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Expulsions, IRA, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, Unionists

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  • UVF,
  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources
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